Skip NavigationFDA Logo links to FDA home pageCenter for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationHHS Logo links to Department of Health and Human Services website
FDA Home Page | CDRH Home Page | Search | A-Z Index U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationCenter for Devices and Radiological Health Questions?
horizonal rule
Super Search
510(k) | Registration & Listing | Adverse Events | PMA | Classification | CLIA
CFR Title 21 | Advisory Committees | Assembler | Recalls | Guidance | Standards
 

New Search
Help | More About 21CFR
[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
[CITE: 21CFR74.1261]



TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER A--GENERAL

PART 74 -- LISTING OF COLOR ADDITIVES SUBJECT TO CERTIFICATION

Subpart B--Drugs
Sec. 74.1261 D&C Orange No. 11.

(a)Identity. (1) The color additive D&C orange No. 11 is a mixture consisting principally of the disodium salts of 4',5'-diiodofluorescein, 2',4',5'-triiodofluorescein and 2',4',5',7'-tetraiodofluorescein.

(2) Color additive mixtures for drug use made with D&C orange No. 11 may contain only those diluents listed in this subpart as safe and suitable for use in color additive mixtures for coloring externally applied drugs.

(b)Specifications. The color additive D&C orange No. 11 shall conform to the following specifications and shall be free from impurities other than those named to the extent that such impurities may be avoided by good manufacturing practice:

Sum of volatile matter (at 135 deg. C) and halides and sulfates (calculated as sodium salts), not more than 8 percent.

Water-insoluble matter, not more than 0.5 percent.

Phthalic acid, not more than 0.5 percent.

2-[3',5'-Diiodo-2',4'-dihydroxybenzoyl] benzoic acid, sodium salt, not more than 0.5 percent.

Fluorescein, disodium salt, not more than 1 percent.

4'-Iodofluorescein, disodium salt, not more than 3 percent.

2',4'-Diiodofluorescein and 2',5'-diiodofluorescein, not more than 2 percent.

2',4',5'-Triiodofluorescein, not more than 35 percent.

2',4',5',7'-Tetraiodofluorescein, disodium salt, not more than 10 percent.

4',5'-Diiodofluorescein, disodium salt, not less than 60 percent and not more than 95 percent.

Lead (as Pb), not more than 20 parts per million.

Arsenic (as As), not more than 3 parts per million.

Mercury (as Hg), not more than 1 part per million.

Total color, not less than 92 percent.

(c)Uses and restrictions. D&C orange No. 11 may be safely used for coloring externally applied drugs in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice.

(d)Labeling requirements. The label of the color additive and any mixtures prepared therefrom intended solely or in part for coloring purposes shall conform to the requirements of 70.25 of this chapter.

(e)Certification. All batches of D&C orange No. 11 shall be certified in accordance with regulations in part 80 of this chapter.

[46 FR 18953, Mar. 27, 1981]

Database Updated April 1, 2008

horizonal rule

CDRH Home Page | CDRH A-Z Index | Contact CDRH | Accessibility | Disclaimer
FDA Home Page | Search FDA Site | FDA A-Z Index | Contact FDA | HHS Home Page

Center for Devices and Radiological Health / CDRH